Convert Nikon D5500 1080p H.264 MOV to Final Cut Pro 6/7/X on Mac

A first for Nikon DSLR cameras, the Nikon D5500 incorporates a touchscreen LCD monitor, giving you greater camera control. It features a 24.2 megapixel sensor and an EXPEED 4 image processor that provide high-resolution images and Full HD 1080p video with notable low-light sensitivity up to ISO 25600 and up to 5 fps. The optical low-pass filter is omitted from the sensor, allowing for additional sharpness in both photos and videos. The D5500 has a 39-point autofocus system with nine cross-type sensors and a 2,016-pixel RGB sensor for precise exposure metering in a wide variety of lighting conditions. Full HD videos can be shot at multiple frame rates up to 60 fps in MOV format, with full-time continuous auto focusing capabilities. But the MOV video format came from Nikon D5500 is a long GOP format that is highly compressed, it is not a good editing format.

So you will not playback or edit smoothly the highly compressed MOV on your Mac with FCP 6/7 or FCP X. You need to convert the 1080p HD MOV footage off your Nikon D5500 with Mac Nikon D5500 MOV Converter for FCP 6/7 or FCP Xfor Snow Leopard. It does not only convert Nikon D5500 MOV to a playable/compatible Mac H.264 MOV, Apple ProRes 422 MOV on Mac for Final Cut Pro 6/7 or Final Cut Pro X but also supports other Nikon D5500 cameras.

Here is the step-by-step guide for you to import and convert Nikon D5500 HD MOV files to Final Cut Pro 6/7/X on iMac/MacBook Pro with Mac OS X like Tiger, Leopard, Snow Leopard, Lion, Mountain Lion.

Click the “Profile” option, and choose HD Video > HD MOV Video (*.mov) or Final Cut Pro > ProRes 422 MOV (*.mov) for converting the highly compressed Nikon D5500 HD MOV to compatible MOV for loading to Final Cut Pro 6/7 or Final Cut Pro X. With this option, the output video will be kept as high definition 1920×1080.

Step3. Merge Nikon D5500 1080p H.264 MOV files. (Optional)

Select the files in the filelist and click Merge, and the Nikon D5500 1080p H.264 MOV converter will join and combine the video clips into a single file as output.

After converting and merging the Nikon D5500 MOV files, just import the output files to Final Cut Pro 6/7 or Final Cut Pro X for editing still in HD.

If you are on a Windows computer with Windows XP/2003/Vista, Windows 7, Windows Home Server, and would like to put Nikon D5500 videos to Windows Moive Maker,Adobe Premiere,Sony Vegas for editing, just use the Windows Nikon D5500 video converter.